The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-08-05
FAYoRlnLE FoR TRE cROPs.
Reports From Many Points in Dakota Indicate
Pretty Big Crop Of Wheat,

Reports From Many Points In Dakota Indicate
Pretty Big Crop OF Wheat,
So far as can be learned, the storms that
prevailed in Dakota Tuesday the 25th
nst., did comparatively little damage to
growing crops. In few places there was
aedvy hail, and crops OF course suffered,
but the damage is confined tC small areas.
Along the line Of the Manitoba road only
one report OF damage was received, that
was from Wolcott, where it was stated
about one thousand acres OF wheat
we're damaged. Along the Northern
Pacific little damage was done, and none
at all on the Hastings & Dakota line. The
heavy fpll OF rain will be OF great benefit
TO corn, and more than Offsets any injury
done by hail. At Park River the outlook
is promising At America there was heavy
rain, but no damage from hail. The out
look is good for two. thirds OF a crop. At
Portland, Hope, Ripon, Hunter, Church s
Ferry, DEVILS Lake, Michigan City, Oiaha,
Bottineau and Larimore heavy rains
have fallen during the past two days, and
crops are in fine condition. At LarimOre
farmers claim the yield will be the largest
on record. At Crookston water is stand
ing in low spots and damage will result un-
less the weather changes. At Euclid a
heavy crop OF wheat and oats are almost
assured. At Stephen estimates are for
twenty to twenty y-five bushels of wheat to
the acre. At Reynolds wheat is
ripening very slowly and dry weather
is needed TO assure q good
yield. AT Grand Fork crops are looking
better than for years. At ArdoCh and Gro
ton harvesting will begin this week. At st.
Thomas wheat is filling and maturing rap
idly and will BE ready TO cut about August
5. In Turner county, OAK, wheat will
run about Is bushels to the acre and oats
30 bushels. There will be heavy crop OF
corn. late rains having done great good. In
Brookings county wheat is fully
UP 70 AVERAGE,
while corn is much better At Ashton
some barley has been threshed. The out.
look is very favorable, and crop predic
tions for this locality, based upon farmers
statements, are: Wheat from 10 to 20
bushels per acre, or an average OF 16; bar
ley from % to 40, or an average OF 30;
oats from 80 to so, or an average OF 3S.
Corn looks very promising, and indiCa-
tions are for the best crop ever raised there.
In Moody county harvesting is
pretty general, and the indications
point to the largest yield for years. proba-
bly, sixteen to twenty bushels per acre.
Flax will run about ten bushels and oats
not over thirty-fve. At Salem the yield
will equal that OF last year, with the quail
ity much better. In some parts of Deuel.
county the wheat crop is heavy, while in
other localities it is light. An average
yield OF twelve bushels per acre would not
be an overestimate for the county. Oats
are thin on the ground and short, though
well filled. An average OF halfcrop,
or twenty bushels per acre is
all that can be looked for. Corn-The
acreage is more than double last year,
and the present prospect is for very
heavy crop. Harvesting has pretty gen.
orally begun around Mitchell, with re-
suits far in excess Of the expectation OF
few weeks ago. In DAWSON county the
wheat yield will run from eight to fifteen
bushels an acre on the average; oats
will turn out poorly, except in GER
tain localities, while the earn crop
promised to run from fifty TO seventy
bushels, the best showing it has made in
three years. In Wausau, Hutchinson,
Aurora, Sanborn, Jerauld, Lake and Beule
counties the average yield is fully as good,
and in the frst-named even better than in
county is pretty we'll advanced and will be
ready for the reaper in week or ten days.
In the immediate y.~inIty OF james.
town crops viii yield but
small return. In this county the
wheat yield win probably average ten bush
els, oats about forty bushels. From the
points along the
JAMESTOWN q NORTHERN
reports OF "a most faetering yield are re-
ceiyed. At Melville, New Rockford, Sykes
ton and other points the largest yield in
the history ofthe country is expected. The
condition on the James River Valley road is
reported as nearly as favorable. The pres
ent condition OF Kidder Co., crops is 200 per
cent. better than anticipated three weeks
ago. Many sections in this county win yield
strong 20 bushels Of we'll filed wheat, while
many quarter sections win average above
that. In Beadle county the yield 81 wheat,
oats. fax. buckwheat, corn and potatoes
win be greater to the acre than any year
since 1853. Wheat will average from 15
to 20 bushels an acre: oats so to 40.
Corn, potatoes, and allroot crops are far
advanced.